Gondo'koro

Gondo'koro, a trading-post in the country of the Bari negroes, on the Upper Nile, in about 4° 54' N. lat. A Catholic mission founded here in 1853 was discontinued in 1858 owing to the bad climate and the hostility of the slave-traders. It is now deserted during the greater part of the year, but in December and January merchants arrive and establish an important ivory-market, which was formerly also a centre of the slave-trade. To put this down Baker established a strong military station here in 1871, and changed the name to Ismailia; but, before the abandonment by Egypt of its possessions in Central Africa, Gordon removed the station to Lado, 6 miles lower down the Nile.